I Got What I Came For
Faith and Fear in Flushing —
... Sounds like a great day, huh? So why is it I'm hearing and reading that the big thing that happened this cloudy but beautiful Sunday was that Carlos Delgado, he who smashed two very round-trippers, didn't take a curtain call? We mezzanineans who were supportive with our applause even before his first swing didn't seem to mind we didn't get a bow, a tip or a wave. Would have been nice if we had, wasn't so bad that we didn't. We understood why he might have been reticent after the April he's endured, a month when his slumping ways was little tolerated by a vocal minority. ...
The Curtain Call Conundrum
Hot Foot —
... Nation has been booing Delgado at every chance and turn as of late, large portions of last season, pregame, and quite possible on the street. Delgado is one of those guys who is effected more than others by that sort of treatment. Booing prolongs his slumps more than it motivates him to do better. Of course, there’s also the lesser known fact, Delgado doesn’t take curtain calls. Not now, or back when he was what we signed up for, a slugging first basemen. According to the AP , he’s done it only twice. Both times, where much more momentous then two solo shots. ...
Note: Delgado has only Done 2 Curtain Calls
MetsBlog.com —
... According to the Associated Press, Delgado, who has hit 432 career home runs, he has only accepted two curtain calls during his 16-year career – once following his four-home run game in 2003, and again on in 2006 following his 400th career home run. ...
THT Daily:THT Daily: Rays sweep Sox
The Hardball Times —
... The Rangers would probably call up Ryan Roberts to help fill in, with Ramon Vazquez sliding over to shortstop. Yesterday’s Results American League TB 3 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 6 BAL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 1 CLE 0 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 6 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 5 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 4 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 10 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 6 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 2 CHN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 3 MIL 2 (Recap and ...
